GONE: STORIES OF EXTINCTION

Inspired by his childhood obsession with extinct species, the author takes us around the globe to inspect the only known remains of a Huia egg in New Zealand, views hundreds of specimens of deceased Galapagos tortoises and Xerces Blue butterflies in the California Academy of Sciences, and pays his respects to the only soft tissue remains of the Dodo. Warm, wry and thought-provoking, Gone shows that while each extinction story is different, all can inform how we live in the future.